The manuscript material is chiefly associated with book production and includes: - 1. Correspondence and memos, 1949-1956, correspondents include George Bernard Shaw, Allen Lane. 2. Art design, invitations, portraits. 3. Articles and notes for Penguins Progress. 4. Lists of books, catalogues. 5. Penguin display cards. 6. Printer's proof of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. 7. Notes on the English Dictionary. 8. Music scores. 9. Production information for The Pelican History of Art. 10. Correspondence, galley proofs of Witchcraft and Black Magic. 11. Correspondence, 1954, with Whitefriars Press about printing presses. 12. Information about book production, typographical styles, printing, paper quality, Penguin house rules and layouts. 13. Production lists, binding costs, production costs. 14. Five Penguin prints, posters of Churchill, printed material.
Book collector, production manager for Penguin Books. John Overton worked for Penguin Books from 1935 to the mid-1950s. Overton spent 10 years of his early life in Australia. In 1991 he donated to the National Library his collection of over 4000 volumes published by Penguin Books up to the mid-1950s. The collection contains the first 2000 Penguin titles, and also includes all the firm's other series such as King Penguin, Penguin Shakespeare, Pelican and Puffin. The books are in the Rare Books Collection with the prefix RB OVE.
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